CoxHealth names new VP of Operations

CoxHealth is pleased to welcome Christina "Tina" Lehr to its leadership team as vice president of operations.

“After a nationwide search, Tina emerged as our top candidate for this position,” says Ashley Casad, senior vice president and president of Springfield hospitals. “Her extensive career in health care and time at CoxHealth has prepared her to lead in this key role.”

As VP of operations, Lehr will oversee procedural operations, respiratory therapy and lab services for the system.

“I’m excited to serve CoxHealth in this new capacity,” Lehr says. “I look forward to working with these teams as we aim to improve the health of the communities we serve.”

Lehr has 31 years of health care experience, including 29 years as a registered nurse and more than a decade in leadership positions. Most recently, she served as CoxHealth’s administrative director of procedural operations.

She received her RN diploma from St. John’s Nursing School, her bachelor’s in nursing and master’s in health care administration from Missouri State University.

Lehr replaces Jeff Hawkins, who retired from CoxHealth on May 2.